Posts tagged Trucking Accidents

• Tractor Trailer Drives Onto Pickup Truck in Alabama

  Shannon Weidemann | November 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A man is amazed that he escaped serious injury in Alabama after his pickup truck was driven over by an 18-wheeler. The trucking accident happened on Route 65 on Monday. The man suffered some slight injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. Foro, 59, recalled seeing the windshield crack and the roof begin to crumple. Before he could...

• Propane Truck and Train Collide Killing Driver

  Christina Cole | February 21, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Late Monday, firefighters were still attempting to control the fiery wreckage of a propane delivery truck that collided with a train on Monday in Morgan County. An AmeriGass employee's wife said a company official told her that the body of her husband was found beneath the truck but rescue was not able to get to it. "He's dead, trapped beneath the truck," said his wife through tears. "They will...

• Child hit by truck prompts parade debate

  Staff Writer | November 03, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A tragic accident emerged from the University of Alabama Homecoming parade last weekend when an 8-year-old girl was run over by an 18-wheeler truck while going after a piece of candy tossed from a float. The debate ensues over whether candy and other items should be thrown from parade floats, risking the lives of children and others who run to pick them up amidst moving vehicles.Law enforcement...

• Family of dead wife/mother sues truck driver

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  CBS 11 TV out of Dallas/Fort Worth reported this week that the family of a North Texas school teacher who was killed in a trucking accident is now suing the truck driver for her death. The motor vehicle accident, which occurred at the intersection fo Custer Road and State Highway 121 in Plano in October 2006, involved an 18-wheeler truck that ran a red light. The driver of the truck has already...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• CSX train collides with tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Clanton Advertiser reported a truck and train accident that occurred in Thorsby in mid-June. The truck was sitting on railroad tracks when a CSX train crashed into it at around 10:30 a.m.As it turned out, the tractor-trailer was attempting to turn, but did not see the train coming until too late. The crash has raised concern about train crossing safety in the area. The article reports that...

• Amazing recovery after truck accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Thomasville Times reported yesterday that a man pinned under his overturned truck as the result of a trucking accident is recovering at USA Medical Center in Mobile.Witnesses say the man was thrown from the truck during the accident and it overturned on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The accident reportedly occurred at about 5:45 a.m. and the victim's family was on the scene...

• Alabama Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Deaths of Guardsmen

  Chrissie Cole | February 15, 2008 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Citronelle truck driver accused of killing two members of the Alaska National Guard, in a 2006 truck accident, has plead guilty to charges accusing him of driving while under the influence of drugs.The man, 49, of Citronelle entered a guilty plea, Thursday, to four counts of driving under the influence. The trial started on Wednesday in Perry County Circuit Court.Prosecutors said an 18-wheeler...

• Gasoline Tanker Accident Shuts Down Alabama Interstate

  Chrissie Cole | February 03, 2008 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  State trooper's shutdown both lanes of Northbound Interstate 85 to clean up the aftermath of a trucking accident that involved an overturned tanker truck transporting gasoline.The tanker rolled down the side ramp at exit 22 and came to rest between the exit ramp and the interstate, according to officials on the scene.The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. The Alabama Department of...

• Man dies in one-car accident

  Staff Writer | March 18, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Press-Register reported Saturday on a late-night possible drunk driving accident that killed the driver and amazingly did not injure the passenger last Thursday. The Chevrolet Silverado truck was heading west on Lott Road and ran off the road near Whigham Road when the driver lost control going around a curve. The truck reportedly rolled, and both men were ejected from the cab. The driver...